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VOLUME XXXII. LAUR~ENS, SOU"M CAROLINA,, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917. NI~i~4 NOMINATIONS BE FROM ALL F Contest Just Starting. En ter Your Name. 25,000 EXTRA VOTES ARE GIVEN FREE Early Entrants lave Opportunity to Secure a Vood Start. Men: Enter the Name of a Lady or GirI Mem ber of tle Family. This week will be known as the nomination period of the Advertiser's Big Prize Campaign. During this period the most ambitious ladiCs will get their campaigns going in good style and secure the advantage of an carly start. The principle feature of the week however, will be the nominations. En ter your own name, or the name of sonic lady friend this week. Do that if you do nothing else. Next week a complete list of the nominations will be published. It is not advisable to lose any time after being nominated. Stai't your campaign immediately. Gather coupons and seek new sub scriptions and renewals from friends and neighbors. Big Opport.unity. There is a large ballot printed oil this page. It is worth twenty-five thousand extra votes if sent in with two subscriptions of one year each, or with one subscription for two years. Only one of the ballots will be credited to aly one coitestati, and only 1o1)011 the co:d1(lition that the sub scriptiions be sent in. The offer of this big ballot will be withdrawn soon. Only file early entrants will secure its advantage. As soon as you have been nominat ed clip the big ballot and send it in. Or nominate yourself and senid the 'big ballot at the same time. E4ven it you have not fully deelded to enter the race it may be a good plan to se cure for yourself the advantage of the big ballot. Act promptly in this imater. It is to be withdrawn soon. An Effective Start. When you enter the race you will be credited with five thousand votes. Se cure the big ballot and that will net you 25,000 more, or a total of Thirty Thousand Votes. 'Also the votes that the subscription will earn as shown by tile vote table. That will give you a splendid start and your vote will soon roll up into large figures. There is a coupon in each paper worth fifty votes. And each subscrip tion you send in will earn votes as shown by the table at the bottom of his article. Simple Plan. The plan of the contest is very sim ple. Simply collect the coupons and secure suibscriptions. Take them wherever you may find them. V Lists of the 01ld subscribers in your vicinity will be sent to you, also re ceipt hooks. Write, call, or teleph~one tihe Contest Alanager for information EVe'ryone to Winm Somethtiug. A miost equiitalhe feature lies inl tile fact that everyone tlkilug part in tis contest wvili be ipaidl for their t ine ini aniy evenlt. There can be no losers. Even though you should( not win a prize it will not be d(liicult to earn eight, ten or twelve dollars a week duiring your spare lime, if' you enter inl earnest. The big prizes are worth a small fortune and~ it wii. requmire only a few weeks to secure one of thlem. Spare time only is neededi. The Prizes. First Grand Prize is a 1917 .\axwell touring car', p~urchased or the Lau rens Motor Car Co. The Second Girand Prize is One hun11 dred dollars in cash. -Three beautiful diamond rings wvil be awarded as first dlistrict prIzes. Ono for each district, illurchased from Fleming 'Bros. Three tiny wrist watches will be awarded as sccond (district prizes. Exelent unmo keepers. (G01( eases. ~Uaranteed for twenty year's, ipurchias U7lof W mn. S'olomon, Jouveler. Contest will close June11 23, 1917. $n event or a time between Iwo or mnore contestants. the value of the lirize or Prizes tiedl for will b)e equll iy dlividied amiiong tile conitentants tied. Enter your nam:ic ight no(w whlile .vOU tlintk of it. Mcin' nte the name ING MADE 'ARTS OF COUNTY,, L.Wi:NS WiLL ENTiEIT.IlN, ISTIT" ('lIUSTI-kN EN.DE.iV0]R 0 0 I irst, ConVeniion to be Ilild lit the j Pr'sbytrian Cihurch Sat urday aid Sundal:y. Thle- prog'raml has beenl Completed e for the fi rl eon venltion of the Lau ren I istril Chris t ian I'indeavor U'n ion to be held hele' at the lirst Pres byter dl church Satulday and Sunday I .\lay 19-20. This distr-ict comprises r the couites of Laurens, Newherry, I Abbeville and Greenwoo(l. Iach youig peoples soclety within these bounds \ in entitled to several delegates for v whoii the people of file city will pr-o vile free entertainment. On Sunday morning liert Corcoian, of Charles- v ton, president of the State Union, will be the principal speaker. lie is an enthusiantie, magnetic, whole-souled L Christian whom it (oes one good to see anid hear. lie works "!ke a ma chine gun of the latest type and un- t der his leadership since last Novem- I ber, Christian PIndeavor has been I spread ing in South Carolina. Immediately after the morniing -er vlee all delegates will be awsigined home1. From 3 to 5 P). .l. S1unday af ternoon there will be reports from lo cal societies, c'onfercenes on prob leams met In younig peoPles' work, lCc - 1e C. C. HAMILTON tion of officers for the ensuing year and 5-inlnute papers on topics of In terest. Sunday evening from 7:15 to 8 o'clock will be given over to a model I Young Peoples' Prayer Meeting, led ( by Mrs. [McFadden of Clinton. I At 8 P. S1. Sunday 'C. C. Hamilton, I of Boston, will bring at message from i headquarters. Traveling the length and breadth of the United States, (lay I in and day out, this Christian IEndeav- 1 or expert can instruct and entertain all ages with his wide acquaintance and varied experience. All the sessions are open to visi tors and all interested In church work for' young lieople. Work among ju niors, nmissionary activities, 1l11ble studi~y, liersonial wvork and related sub jects will be dealt with by specakers of experience and consecration. As a miemiber' of the entert ainimentI colimmit ,tee said yesterdai~y "Such conferences by d itrits bin g thle beneflits of harager i'athlein tgs wvithIin reag'l of nmanay who cannot attedi Stalte or Na inalI gatinizgs. All who at tend will reeive inspi rat ion, diemionstra tion, edciat ion, assoelation and sug gertions, The fIrst letter of these words1, taken consecutively, make an acrostic spelling 'hleas'. Seattering thesae vailuiable things isa the purpose of thle conisentioni 'Where there is no V'Moni the peopie perish'.'" '. Meetinig of W1. M. U. The WS. M ii of Warriior' Creek Church, will hold Its next meettig withi .lts. .W WS. Yeargin on 31hay 17th, aut 3 o'clock. Membhers are earnecstly requimestedl to attend and ladies of the surrounding terr'itoi'y will be cordial ly wvelcomed. (if a lady nmeimberm of thle family. Wian lhe Viax well. Vote 'i'aide. -lyer--$1.00 .. ...... ...2,000 votes 2 year's--$2.00 .. ........,000) votes 3 yearis--$3.00 .... .....10000 votes ! yeare$i.00 .. .......1,000 Votes M UNUSUAL INCIDENTS MAR CAMP LIFE e veral Cases of Mitnor Indisposltion, but All is WCtl 1s Caip "A1hur Lee". With the exception of several cases f minor charneter, all of the boys f Co. A at Camp Arthur Lee ire on nying good health and are in good pirits. Rei)orts from those on duty I ai the vicinity indicate that they are om1fortably located and that Ihey a -e ujoying life as well as could be ex evted from the nature of the service. part of those who were oin guard ist week were relieved Saturday by lew detachments and those relieved re taking life more pleasantly. A number, of the boys have received isitors from home during the past beek, several parties having come own Sunday. The members of tie company rho will be in camp during hlalutauqua week are looking forward 'ith a great deal of pleasure to that. vent. The offer of free tickets to the ntertainmnents came as a great sur mrie to them and every man was en hiisiastic in his praise of the Chau auqiua management and guarantors or this generous action. 'ile names of the company ollicers .nd iell are as follows: Captain-William ). Workman. Ist. 'lAnut .- William T. Adams. 2ndi. lieut.-Samnueil ). Willis Ist Sergt.--l)aniel '. Smith, .Jr. M\ess Sergt.--John M. CIIietol. Sii y SerJ.-Pirestoll It. Speed, . I Sergat(Ilts-aym1ond .1. Owen, l'd in IL. I!ughcs. .1r.. -W ister It. Wat ins, Williatin W. \WiIg'o, Cirran S. a:dl ey, (rayson .\l. !!oke. Corporals-Ilaroboll Owen.lh 14 2. )wen, AlIan Iowen, Preston W. MIuMms, laro(l it. TrIner-10, William G. ;aIlit hein, .ta mes iR. .1eter, .1oin1 11. Jainald, John H. Lindsay, Twyman ). .ones, Iarry .1. Welkert. Cooks-Clinton P. Rice, George T.1 Irown. IHuglers-William W. McIlee, Keen ml Moore. Mechanlic-James F. Mathis. Ist Class Privates--George W. Bat o0n, Sherwood J. Dickson, George H. illard, Grover C. Friddle, lanes N. iarling, Wi lllam W. Ilellais, Fred J. I-1ll. Arthur V. IHinds, Harry F. hint, Charles h1. Painter, Jones W. 'arkins, Walter I1. Putnam, Robert L. lichey, Williani Schwiers, Benjamin )loan, Jerome W. Suits, Jasper D. Vade, George 11. Ward, Percy E. Wat ,on, Preston C. Westmoreland. Privates--John E. Abbott, Ehrnest L. dkins, Robert M. Bowers, Herman Brown, t.Niles R. Busbee, -Melrose E. 'lement, General H. Dodgens, Joseph 1. Drake, Louis F. Foster, Bishop F. irant, Arthur T. Gaines, Roscoe H1aw ins, Sherman D. Hayes, Thomas M. 1111, John T. Till], Jack Hodges, Wil lai D. Huff, Manly T. Jeter, Russell I Jones George W. Kaufman, Charlie Ceeler, Lee J. Kelley, Raymond Kir y, James 13. Mauldin, George L. Mit hell, William A. Mitchell, James M. ,oss, Jr., Roderlck S. Melver, Jr,, Her nan B. McManaway, John E. Meafana iay, .James M. Nappier, WVilliam WV. orris, IHaskell hillips, William A. barker, George HI. Parks, Lonnie Pen leId, Samuel (I. Pitchford, John11 R. >lowden, William A. Rloberts, C'laude 1. Rlowey, William H1. Sheib, Jlr., 1John .Sherwvood, Cilenen~ F. Smi1h,1 Fra nk pien1cer, El lison W. Strioupel, FredC~ hill Ivan, S'ydeny Swoffoil, lhoy Th'ack ton, WVilli1am M. Thp1011son1, Charles '. TPimmons, Jamesl hi. Trot ier, Illenry S UBS( ,Any candidate who bring year each (or a two-yea Good F in addition to regular s Contestant District No. Good only when Signedl 1 to Laurens At SUBtSCIPTIONS ARE IRAISED FOR STI10EHEN 'OUNTItE$ U'nion ServIce Heldi at the Methodist Church Sunday Night. A union service of all the denont inations of the city was hield at the AlIt hodist church Sunday night for the purpose of raising a fund for strickeni people In tile countries of Syrita and Arimentia. Impressive ad di'''.e3s were ilade by '.lMr. W. 1. Gray, Alr. it. L. Parkinlson an(d 1r. C. It. Ilobo, d eIi'0tc ing the soTrowful Ilight into Which these inl fortunil ate people are placed as resitit of the world war. Tile conigregati fon was greatly moved by the story o1 suffering anld privatlion In foreign countries adi con ributed generously toi a fund raised to alievi ate it. Alonthly pledges amounting to $60.50 per motith wei'e subscribed and $10.50 pledged to be paid on demand. In addition to this a cash offering of $t3.33 was made. The committee does not expect to rest wilth the fund already raised, but proposes to Increase It materially. The entire proceeds will be turned over to the Woiann's Service League to be forwarded to proper sources. Anyone desiring to contribute to this flund may d1o so cit her in per'son or by mail. Mrs. it. 1-. Fleming Is secretary of the comt ilittee and will accept all donations. 31EDMOIA11l DAY E X EIlcISES 1ELD S'ND.\' AFTEiN%;N e0'). If. Y. SMimps1on titmide Shord Ald. drs.Paradel Lend by. lintler. Ganrds. \lmm ial 1111y was IAt tingly obe - ed lre Siunlay. the uslial :,etiss he I:; held at t le c metr'y where a large crowil gith-reld to m)1 ' til teto to the C'ofeCderaite d1:d. Tlh eX''r oiscs were t roesided over by Col. If. Y. Si ;on. tlllaider of Itho li-a! C.imt11P of1 Sonsi of \'c eterans, who also delivered a short but appropriate ad dress illied with patriotic fervor. Ac cording tn tile custom of past years, the children of the graded school marched to tie cemetery in a body, the parade being lead by a detachment of soldiers from tie u liler Guards. The exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. S. II. Templeman anid the children of the graded school gave a program of patriotic songs. After the address by Col. Simpson, the lonor Roll of Confederate (lead from this county was read after which the bugler of the Butler Guards sounded "Taps". The children then went to all the graves of the dead soldiers, in cluding those of the few northern sol diers buried there, and placed wrecaths of flowers on them. Entertained In Atlanta. One of the very charming enter tainments during opera week was a dinner party at the Piedmont hotel given by Mr. and Mrs. R. W. %'onpton in honor of their guest, Mirs. Lucas, of South Carolina. The guests were Airs. Robert Gvoodlett, of Nashville, Tenn.; SMrs. Foster, of Atlanta; Mr'. Anole, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mirs. Cora C. Lucas, of LauTrens, S. C., and T. andi Mrts. RI. W. Comnpton.-Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Comtplon is a native of t his colmlyv anid is one' of the sute. cessftulobusiness men of At lantai, being Ste (list rict manlager' of a lar ge mnanu factuintg concernt. it. WaitkIins, I Iarvey I). Welc'Ihorn, .1lhaI 0. Willims, .lames S. WVison, .lohtn W. W~ood(, Herb'et L4. Wrmight . 3RIPTION B/ s or sends this ballot in with r subscription) will be cred or 25,000 Extr :hedule. Must be accomnp Address y Contest Manager No C more than one of thesec ballo ivetiser' Votheg Pr EIGHTEEN FULL I FOR F 11011EMilINS TO OlEN (hA I'I '.\'Q U'. l'l001i.13Miy Orri hestrin Concert. This fIternioon F'irs, l'erforimance of Chaiutaiuq a. 31ar1litt 1). liardi4sii Leetures Toighrit. E.ver-yingII! is now r-eady For the oil ening of clialitatiua at ' o'clock this aflet'oion inl the big tent oni the gra.idd(l school g-ounids, and with the RIedpath manaigement putting on wlai it believes Is the best programme it has offered In cliautauita, the week should be a notable one. The sale of advance season tickets has been very gratifying to the guar antors. In the big (calmpaign conduct ed Monday, when the oil mill whistle again played a prominent part, the total sales went over the guaranteed amount by about $75, half of which goes to the credit of the association. After eight o'clock Monday night. the price of fickets automatically a( vanced to $3.00 each, so that price now prevails. Ity mutn ual agreement between Ile guarantors and tile Chaultatiua man agement, the memlbe's of tile littler Guiards encaeiod here were invited to all I the performances free of charge. Any membs ef e Tiaynham iiiuards who may l e lii on furdlough will Ialso be admitled. Mr. Parsons, who bY the way I;- ,I very elever genl mani. liaril' alreed to the sougge ion tha1t 1't% Ibi! b iven th4 read in of thei~i~a teto'~v~ia a Thw 11Sti nun1hr al Ih. , afternmoit n ur ua tsn d will iis e m norer: and th Ii , vay i n oil .kt o , h- a1fu roei n me i alern cioon boft 'ka pro ile ane ohe Nel ws of lied ath vha.a(u wvk openeid with) m'ore ktirrime1" mulsiv than will be renide-red by the B1ohei an1,1s. The part of' 11heir programmI le givenl over to folk mu11sic will be fine of the delights of thle uen tire week. 'I'le even inig lecture will be a pa triot Ic (iscussioni by Dr. Martin 1). Ilardin of Chicago on "America and the World of Tomorrow." (Dr. 1Har dinl believes that there is no liolie of world peace until Germany is brought to her senses. What part. is America to play In the world war right now? What policy is she to stand for after the war Can there be a permanent world ipeace? Will America deio cratize Europe or will Euirope mili tarize American? What lesson has the world to teach the great republic and what has America to offer to the world? These are just a few of the pertinent questions of the hur to be discussed by Dr. Hardin. Dr. Hardin has made a profound impression in all the chautauqua cities In which he has spoken this season. His lecture Is not one that everyone In the audience will agree with in every particular, but Dr. Hardin has Ideas andl he expresses them In such a manner thalt his audience is compelled to think about t hem. The local committee says It will not realize directly fr'om thle proceedls of season tickets soldl aftr th Ile opiening hiouri of the chiaitaiiquia this afternoon. Mr. andl Mr's. .1. .1. Mc Swa in, Mi'. and Mr s. SiafeIr oif GreenivillIe, Miss lle(len lei t zja trick of New York and Mr's. Al berit Clilbert of Williangto(n wuere week ('nd giuests of .\lr . andl Mr's. I". P. Me (LLOT two subscriptions of one ited with 25,000 votes. 1 Votes mnied by subscriptions. Contest Ma'nagcr ardie'~ate will be0 cnrtitled IVISIONS IRST WAR ARMY 'Total of 5 41,000 Officers and Men, INCREASE GUARD AIND R GULA-% R AR M Y ThesV Two orcei 10 b li Irouuhi tilp 11,111' streiaith, and14 Then Fromt Their Rhinis nill be Taken 200,040 Oflicers alu Noncoms for New Armtty. Two Cavalry DIhisin1 to be AUded. W~ashi1ngton. ". .Alay --The full strength of the frst war army organ ized na1der the selecti ve draf bill will lbe 1,:38 ollic (1s and S2,6-59 enlisted Imen, makilig up1) I8 wIar strength di visions complete in every arm and :'11sppl emen1' ited by 16 regiments of heavy field artillery cequlipped with large calihre liowitzers. Virtually every dctail of plans of raising, taiing. et iippiig anld or gai'zing this lorce has belen carefully worked out tY thte war department. and the s.lc tion of the men will be gin as sooin as th draft measuie be Colles a law. Coifere's of tlie ',el ,ate and house hope to agree upon dis PUted feaul es to1.n$ oroW >o as to nid the bill to the pridnlt for hi. sig nau11re early lex:t weeli. A revi'l' list of 01omees' training110 eumpalrits ssued todlay h:: fihe o th ii-i h !' is w I I s-hin 11; -of ( n -inal I ii. i r'ii .a I o :C n ' I~n i. Is T 1 : r N-w York sta .nd P'm alaia 'Cong-essional ist ricts 10, 1.1, Ii. 1.5. I', 21, 2-. Olerth District - Remainder of Pennsyl;vvanjjia State inlcludIing Philadel phfa an11)d Pittshurgh. Fifthi-New .Jetsey, Delaware, Mary land, Virgi nia and IDist rict of Colui hia. Sixth--North and Soith Carolina and Teinessee. Sevetih-ergia., Alamaha and Florida. Eighth-Ohio and West Virginia. 'Ninth-Indiana and KCnltucly. Tenth Illinois. Eleventh-Alichigan and Wiscon sin. Twelfth--Arkansaa, Mh:Msi ippi and Louisiana. Thirteenth-"Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota and Nebraska. Fourteenth-Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. Fifteenth--Oklaiona anl Texas. Sixteenth-Montana, Idaho, Wash ington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, iArlzona and New Mexico. In addition thiere will be two sepa rate eavalry divisions which probably wvill he situated in the Southwest, near' the MexIcan blorder'. Ofllcers f'or the cavalry divisions will be trained at all the IlG oflicers' -training camps, which open within a fewi days with1 -1,000 prosp~ective alli ('ers unde41r Iliil1K. of1 ninie full r'egimIent s of I inatry. ItIhree l' teg I ns of Ileid arititlery, one4 regiment 0 of ('avalr'y, onei leg imn of(11 ('ngineer1s, one4 dlivision hoCpi1lat and four 1c(amp11 infIirumaries. TIhe total strengthi of the 16 wiltlibe 15.0 22 ofli cetrs an 13:9,792 men. IThe tw WI (av alr ty dIvisions combi hned will hav'e I ,21 I otli Cers and1 :12,02 ligh tillg 1men , Including moun11ted( engineer's and hiorse artilr 1 units1111, and~ eacti will also have its divislional h'ospItal anid The4 proportion (11 of Coast art filry tr(oops to hie arovided ot c-f the tilsi: 500.1000 wilt h1e 666I otlil'ers' ar1! 20,000 men an 111e'(ljuIisi te 11( media 1troops1. Suoplemnenlting these tal ica! ulnitsl will he the 11 r'egimienlts ei ii avy tleld arotiey ~. ?tr-rath 7t0s im.ber. and 21,1(11 men;11 Cight ao 51iundr'on11, Or infan114ry diviions,'lb liht' 1:1 vo com Panie': 1(en tild hbo'p?:. :. -n am1 Iaies:i' six alI'liI'lut' Ia *'and ix :t In I'' ip:- i I1atio. . .1oBs a:k f r ini . the'